General Internal Medicine Outpatient Office.

Su Tang and Pan Yuhao both looked heavy-hearted. They stood by the wall, each holding a tape measure and other tools, to help the other measure his height.

Ma Jun served as an assistant and supervisor, helping with the measurement diligently.

Before the clinic opened, Su Tang and her friend quickly measured their heights.

Su Tang - originally 155cm tall, now 156.5cm tall. Started taking medicated diet and acupuncture in the early days of work. Works diligently every day, goes to bed early and gets up early, drinks milk, and exercises every day. In total, she has grown 1.5cm in 12 days.

Pan Yuhao - originally 183cm tall, now 187cm tall. He goes to bed late and gets up early every day and often stays up late to watch videos. He only ate half a portion of Su Tang's medicinal diet for a week and grew 4cm taller.

Su Tang looked at the data she had measured and almost threw herself on Pan Yuhao's back with a howl of grievance, jumping up and punching him on the head.

What do you mean the bone lines close after the age of 30?

What do you mean by eating some medicinal food just to taste it? It won't make you taller!

Liars are liars!

She said that the moment she agreed to bring medicinal food to the other party every day, she always felt that something was not right. Now it seems to be working, isn't it?

Compared with Su Tang's grievances, Pan Yuhao was even more confused and sad.

He likes playing sports and basketball on weekdays, and has a muscular body. In fact, with his body shape and size, he is more suitable for orthopedic surgery than internal medicine.

After all, orthopedic surgery, which requires the use of electric saws and wrenches, is more suitable for his body shape.

However, it was precisely because he was tall and strong that he would take off his white coat and stroll on the street in a vest in the summer.

Many passers-by looked at Pan Yuhao as if he were a gangster who was idle and liked to fight every day.

Even his classmates in school nicknamed him Black Bear.

Therefore, unlike those male classmates who are less than 170cm tall and think about growing taller every day, Pan Yuhao just wants to be shorter, 1.8m or 1.75m is fine, as long as others don't think he is a bad guy.

However, not only has the dream been shattered, but his height is also getting closer and closer to the sky, and it is about to break through 1.9 meters!

"Doctor Su, what on earth did you put in this medicinal food? Why am I growing so fast QAQ! Is it hormone drugs? No wonder my legs always feel itchy when I go to bed these days." Pan Yuhao howled, holding his head.

Su Tang was cold and ruthless, exposing the reality: "If there is any growth hormone that can make people grow 4 centimeters in a week, I would not give it to you even if I am a fool...Doctor Pan, stop struggling. You gave me 500 yuan for the medicine and diet. The lowest price of a growth hormone injection in the Sixth Hospital is 1,200 yuan. You can't afford it with your 500 yuan."

Besides, no one can grow 4 cm taller with just one injection of growth hormone! If there was, she would have used it herself long ago!

"But I'm already over 30 this year, and my bone lines have closed long ago. Why can I still grow taller?" Pan Yuhao's face was filled with grief and he couldn't figure out the reason at all.

Su Tang: “…………”

Su Tang stared with dead fish eyes, too depressed to speak.

Those who wanted to grow taller hardly grew taller, while those who didn't want to grow grew a lot taller.

Even growing 1 cm taller doesn’t make me happy anymore.

Su Tang wanted to grow taller, so she would bring medicinal food to the hospital for lunch every day. Almost all the doctors in the department knew about it.

Knowing that his colleague was depressed, Ma Jun looked at Su Tang and comforted her, "It's okay. Although Dr. Pan is growing faster, Dr. Su is steady and steady. He grows 1 centimeter every 10 days, and in two months he will be 5 or 6 centimeters tall."

Ma Jun raised his thumbs to Su Tang and smiled, showing his big white teeth: "Don't worry, Doctor Su. You and Doctor Pan are about the same height. If you round it up, you're both two meters tall! Come on, Doctor Su!"

Su Tang: “…………”

Su Tang was dazzled by Ma Jun's white teeth for a moment.

Doctor Ma is really good at giving discounts. The maximum discount for other people's height is 5 centimeters, but he gave her a discount, and the total was 44 centimeters, a price that is priced right for a broken bone.

"Forget it, I'll eat the medicinal food for lunch today by myself, and Dr. Pan should not eat it."

Su Tang raised her chin and said, "If I keep eating, I'm afraid Dr. Pan will grow back to 1.9 meters tall. It's better for me to bear the pain of being 1.9 meters tall in the future."

Pan Yuhao: “…………”

well……

Although the medicinal food tasted good, Pan Yuhao really didn't dare to eat it anymore. Su Tang returned the remaining money to Pan Yuhao and turned around to start seeing patients today.

Maybe the trending searches have been dominated by other news these days, or maybe the local TV station MSI public account has specifically released a message to those bloggers who want to take advantage of the popularity to not disturb the doctors' work. Therefore, Su Tang's several patients this morning were all normal.

…

It was not until around four o'clock in the afternoon that a ding-dong sound came from the backend APP. Su Tang glanced at the backend and pressed the call button.

Immediately afterwards, there was a series of clattering footsteps and a man's panting voice.

The person who came in was a young man in his early twenties, carrying a little boy about thirteen or fourteen years old on his back. The boy's face was pale, and he kept whining in his throat, as if he was a wounded cub, calling out to its mother beast in grievance. When he was lying on the treatment bed, he looked more like a big shrimp, slightly curled up.

"What's wrong with this kid?"

It was obviously an emergency. Su Tang instinctively stepped forward to ask, and touched the little boy's pulse with both hands.

Even Pan Yuhao and Ma Jun, who had no patients nearby at the moment, came forward.

The young man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously, "I don't know. The child suddenly said he had a stomachache during class, so I had to bring him here to register."

Ma Jun frowned subconsciously: "Has your school doctor examined him before?"

The young man shook his head awkwardly and said, "Our school is currently offering make-up classes during the summer vacation, and the school doctor is on maternity leave and is not in school at all."

Su Tang frowned and carefully felt the little boy's pulse.

She checked the left and right sides and saw that the boy's pulse was long and straight, like the sound of a guitar string. Then she nodded in understanding.

In order to verify her result, Su Tang pressed on the little boy's abdomen a few times. When she saw that the boy's groaning became louder when she pressed on his stomach, Su Tang slowly relaxed her brows.

"How is the doctor?" The young man was a little anxious, and all his attention was on Su Tang and the little boy.

"It's no big deal. The kid simply overate before class and had a stomach cramp."

Su Tang thought for a moment and said, "I guess this child ate spicy snacks before, and then ate cold food like popsicles. The sudden alternation of hot and cold caused the blood to stagnate, which led to stomach pain and cramps. I'll give him a few injections to relieve the pain, and then he can take some stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets."

Indigestion is just a minor problem, and Su Tang did not make a big deal about it.

The boy was lying on the treatment bed, groaning, but he was quite cooperative with Su Tang's injection.

However, Su Tang inserted acupuncture into the Ming Yang meridians of the hands and feet to treat indigestion.

But Pan Yuhao next to him had already frowned and started to teach the young male teacher a lesson.

"Why didn't you go to the emergency room before?" Pan Yuhao frowned, looking a little unhappy.

Even though the male teacher in front of them sent a patient to their department, it should be a happy thing, but such things also need to be divided into different time periods.

Children are young and have weak immunity to diseases. What should we do if they are delayed on the road?

The reason why the emergency department is called the emergency department is because it is a place dedicated to dealing with emergencies and critical illnesses. It provides the fastest one-stop medical services without the need for transfers. Patients do not even need to waste time registering and can go directly to the emergency department for treatment.

General outpatient clinics and emergency department outpatient clinics are both called outpatient clinics, but there are essential differences between the two.

The general outpatient clinic and emergency department outpatient clinic of the Sixth Hospital are separate.

The status between the two sides can be clearly seen from their geographical location.

Entering the hospital from the main gate, the first floor is the emergency department clinic, while the general clinic requires walking a long distance inside the hospital.

The most important thing is that children can see a doctor immediately when they go to the emergency department, but ordinary outpatient clinics are often not so fast. Many people come to the Sixth Hospital for medical treatment. In addition to their general internal medicine department, the gastroenterology department next door still has at least six or seven people queuing up even at four o'clock in the afternoon.

What if something happens to the child during this time?

Pan Yuhao sternly educated the other party: "You are a teacher at the No. 5 Junior High School next door, right? You can't take a detour to bring your child to a regular clinic just because the registration fee for the emergency department is expensive. What if there are many people queuing in front of the clinic you registered for, and your child has a problem? If you go to the emergency department, the child can get treatment immediately. This time it's just indigestion, what if the child encounters other diseases next time?"

Pan Yuhao's tone was stern, like that of a dean of studies. Plus, he was already in a bad mood because of his height increase and had a stern face, which made him look even more serious to her.

The doctor's words made the young man, who had only been a teacher for less than two years, blush with embarrassment. He waved his hands and said, "Doctor, you misunderstood... I really didn't choose to go to the regular outpatient clinic because I thought the registration fee for the emergency department was expensive..."

"Huh? That's not what I think. Then what do you think?" Pan Yuhao's face was full of sternness. He thought that the male teacher was just trying to make excuses, and he immediately planned to give the young male teacher a loving lecture.

However, the little boy lying on the examination bed could no longer lie still. He tugged at the hem of Pan Yuhao's white coat and said, "Uncle Doctor...it's not the teacher, it's not what the teacher said...I wanted to come here to see Doctor Su on my own..."

The little boy still had some stomach pain at the moment, his face was a little pale, and he didn't look very well, but he scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Zhou Mingming and I are classmates. Zhou Mingming was in the hospital some time ago. He told us that Doctor Su's medical skills are very good..."

The little boy looked normal when he said the first half of the sentence, but when he said that Su Tang's medical skills were very good, his eyes rolled around and he didn't dare to look at Su Tang and Pan Yuhao...

Su Tang: “……???”

Pan Yuhao, Ma Jun: “…………?”

Su Tang was puzzled. She had never expected that today's incident was actually related to her.

However, Su Tang thought about it over and over again but still couldn't figure out who this child named Zhou Mingming was.

There are quite a few people coming to the general internal medicine department these days, but there are not many children, especially those who are about the same age as the little boy in front of me. After thinking about it, there are only two.

But neither a little girl nor a little boy has this name...

She saw the little boy's eyes rolling around and felt that there seemed to be something wrong.

The male teacher was not so careful and did not notice anything unusual about the little boy.

He just looked at Su Tang strangely. He didn't expect that this young-looking doctor, who was about the same age as him, had a good reputation among junior high school students.

But he had to take the blame for no reason.

"well……"

The male teacher sighed. No wonder the child asked to see Doctor Su as soon as he entered the Sixth Hospital. He did not think too much about it. He just thought that the doctor and the child were neighbors or relatives, so he sent the child directly.

Being stared at with strange eyes by a group of people in the room, Su Tang couldn't help asking, "Little boy, who is Zhou Mingming? I don't remember seeing a little boy named Zhou Mingming recently. Did you remember the wrong doctor's name?"

"I'm not mistaken!"

When questioned, the little boy immediately frowned and retorted, "Zhou Mingming told me that his father was hospitalized some time ago, and he stayed in the hospital with his father every day, and would not go home with his brother until after 10 o'clock every night. He said that Dr. Su's massage technique is very good. He took a look and learned a little bit, and massaged his mother's shoulders after returning home. He scored 42 points on the test that day, and Aunt Zhou didn't even beat him!"

"Other doctors can only treat one person, but Dr. Su, you can treat three people!"

The little boy exaggeratedly raised three fingers and shook them, his eyes sparkling as he said, "Doctor sister, can you teach me massage while you treat me?"

The little boy looked at the male teacher cautiously, then looked at Su Tang shyly and said, "Doctor sister, I didn't do well in the math test two days ago... I just wanted to... hehehe... Doctor sister, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, can you help me? I'm doing this not only for myself, but also for family harmony!"

Su Tang: “…………”

Everyone in the room: “…………”

My goodness, it turns out that this is the reason why the medical skills are so good.

Su Tang finally found out who Zhou Mingming was. It turned out that this boy named Zhou Mingming was the junior high school student she met during the night shift a few days ago, who wanted to sell all his brothers, sisters and classmates to her.

Su Tang was choked by the other party for two seconds and rejected him ruthlessly.

"No, Zhou Mingming learned it secretly by himself. I didn't teach him. You didn't even do well in junior high school math. What if I remember the wrong acupoints when I teach you massage? If you remember the wrong acupoints, it will cause problems, just like those people who have their acupoints pressed in martial arts TV dramas."

Su Tang was silent for a moment, then deliberately exaggerated, "By then... you might not only be beaten once, but you might be beaten by both your parents, both men and women."

Little boy: “…………”

The little boy's eyes lit up at first, and then he said aggrievedly: "Sister, although I failed in math, I still got 62 points in Chinese..."

What this means is that if you have a passing Chinese language test, it is not a problem to memorize acupuncture points.

"What? You failed math? You only got 62 points in Chinese? Yesterday you told me you got over 90 points in two subjects!"

As soon as the little boy finished speaking, before Su Tang had time to answer the other party's question, two young men and women in a hurry suddenly rushed in from the door. The woman was wearing high heels and a red dress, looking very imposing, and the man wearing glasses looked not so good.

The little boy was stunned, swallowed his saliva in panic, and whispered: "Dad, Mom... why are you here..."

"Your teacher called us and said you were sick and in the hospital, so we naturally came to see you..."

The woman in red gnashed her teeth. If she hadn't been looking at her son with silver needles stuck in his body, she would have pulled his ears. "But tell me why you failed both math and Chinese? You took a summer vacation to make up for it, but your test scores are not as good as last semester's final exam?"

"Then...then the questions are different...the questions this time are really too difficult..." The little boy felt aggrieved and shrank his neck.

"Huh?! You think you're right if you say that? After all, your dad and I are both undergraduates and postgraduates, so how come you can't even pass the math and Chinese exams?" The woman in red almost spit out anger.

Su Tang was also shocked by the mother and son for two seconds.

Yes, she forgot that the scores of math, Chinese and English in junior high school are all 120, and 72 points are required to pass.

This child actually used words to mislead her about this. No wonder she wanted to win over her parents with massage at such a young age.

Fortunately, after the silence, Su Tang also reacted. She sighed and still fulfilled her duties as a doctor. She said to the woman in red, "Don't be so angry. It's not good for your health. Besides, the hospital needs quiet. There are other people seeing patients in the office next door."

"This child has indigestion because of something bad he ate. He will get a shot and buy some stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets before he can go home."

Pan Yuhao added at the right time and also helped to persuade: "The child's grades are not good, even if you beat or scold him, it will be useless. Let him go home and rest for two days after the injection."

"Okay, just listen to the doctor." The woman in red frowned and glared at the little boy angrily.

The little boy lay in bed, quiet as a chicken, until the injection was finished and Su Tang prescribed medicine. The little boy stood up from the examination bed, and Su Tang realized that something seemed to be wrong...

As a naturally small person, she has always been very conscious of her height.

After studying medicine, I even learned more about how tall children of different ages should be.

The husband of this couple is at least 1.80 meters tall, and the wife looks at least 1.68 meters tall.

However, after the little boy stood up.

Su Tang obviously discovered that the other party was almost a head shorter than him!

It looks like it's just a little over 1.4 meters tall.

However, this height is a little too short for a boy who is about to turn 14.

Normally, an average boy at this time should be around 1.6 to 1.65 meters tall, which means he should be slightly taller than she is now.

Especially since both of the other party's parents are much taller than the national average, the child's height should also be taller than the official average.

But now...

No.

Su Tang frowned as she watched the couple and the male teacher about to leave with the child.

Su Tang quickly stopped the other party and said, "Can you guys wait for a moment? Is this child a little short? I just checked his electronic medical records, and it seems that this child will be 14 years old in a few months."

"According to the current average height in the country, a 14-year-old boy should be around 1.65 meters tall. Being shorter than 1.58 meters tall is considered short. I think both of you are taller than the average..."

Su Tang considered her words carefully and expressed her purpose in a tactful way: "I wonder if you two have taken your children to see other doctors before? For example, an endocrinologist?"

"Um?"

The woman in red turned her head away in surprise, then gradually became serious and frowned as she said, "Doctor Su, I'm telling you the truth. In fact, a few years ago, when I went to the school for a parents' meeting, I found that our child was relatively short and not up to the average of other children of the same age. My husband and I also took our child to consult other doctors..."

"The endocrinologist recommended that the child take growth hormones, but the child did not grow taller after taking the growth hormones, and his liver function was abnormal for a period of time. So after that, his father and I no longer dared to take him to take growth hormones." The woman in red sighed. Compared with the child's academic performance, the child's height is also a concern for her at present.

The man with glasses put his arm around his wife's shoulders, nodded at Su Tang and said, "Doctor, don't look at my wife as stern. But in fact, in the eyes of my wife and I, neither grades nor height are as important as health. So even if this child is a little disadvantaged in terms of height, it doesn't matter at all."

The little boy felt a little embarrassed at this moment. He rubbed his cheeks and looked at his parents hesitantly.

He had not taken the height issue too seriously over the years, but he could not bear having to eat fried bamboo shoots with meat every time he failed a test. He tugged at his mother's skirt and was about to say, "I will study hard when I get home."

All they could hear was the short doctor in a white coat, Su, smiling at the family of three, "If growth hormone doesn't work, would you consider acupuncture combined with medicated diet? Or try Chinese medicine again?"

"I guarantee that these medicinal foods are made of natural ingredients and do not contain any hormones... Would you three like to try them?"

To increase his persuasiveness, Su Tang even patted Pan Yuhao on the shoulder and said, "Look at Dr. Pan in our department. He has grown from 183cm to 187cm in just a short period of time."

A family of three: “…………”

Pan Yuhao: “…………”

Damn it! This woman Su Tang is so heartless that she actually uses his pain to attract patients? ! Is she still human? Is she still human? !

The woman in red and her husband looked at each other, then looked at Pan Yuhao's height, gritted her teeth and nodded, "Then give it a try!"

As long as there is a chance and the child is healthy, they will give it a try! After all, it is a famous tertiary hospital in Shenzhen. The doctors here can't lie to them for no reason.

Only the little boy looked at Su Tang's height hesitantly and said hesitantly, "Doctor sister, but...but...why don't you get an injection or take a medicinal diet?"

This doctor sister doesn’t look that tall herself? The little boy always thinks that the tall and strong doctor next to him may be better in this aspect…

Su Tang: “…………”

It was like a knife in my heart.

Su Tang had a stern face and said nonsense in a serious tone, "Little boy, you don't understand. My sister's father and mother are 146 and 114 respectively. My father is about the same height as you, and my mother is two heads shorter than you. My sister was able to grow so tall thanks to acupuncture and herbal medicine. It's already an extraordinary performance, so do you want to try it?"